Cleveland Elementary School

Cleveland Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Cleveland, Alabama, overseen by Blount County, with 499 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Cleveland Elementary School is one of 14 schools operated by Blount County, a district that works with 7,600 students overall.

On demographics, Cleveland Elementary School shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Cleveland Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.0%; actual is 67.8%, +17.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Blount County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,190 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Cleveland Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Blount County (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students).

The closest other public school is Cleveland High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cleveland Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cleveland Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 471 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 22% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Cleveland Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.